history of australian national rowing championships

Men's Lightweight Pair

1962, 1966, 1968 and 1974 were held as Coxed Pair titles.

1962	South Melbourne - Bow: George Taylor, Str: Lance Gallagher, Cox: G Bear	8:20.50
1966	Ballarat City - Bow: Alan Dixon, Str: Daryl Brown, Cox: Stan Butler, Cch: Frank Findlay	9:16.70
1968	Torrens - Bow: Robert Cooper, Str: Vaughn Bollen, Cox: R Potter	8:15.70
1970	Haberfield - Bow: Dirk Krause, Str: Phil Sharp, Cch: Bert Harding	7:31.90
1972	Balmain - Bow: Richard Hunt, Str: Terry Maher, Cch: Don Croot	7:10.10
1974	Torrens - Bow: Vaughan Bollen, Str: Robert Cooper, Cox: G Worth, Cch: Robert Russell	7:58.20
1975	Balmain - Bow: Richard Hunt, Str: Terry Maher, Cch: Don Croot	7:36.40
1976	Balmain - Bow: Richard Hunt, Str: Terry Maher	7:13.00
1977	ANA - Bow: Wayne Simmons, Str: Geoff Mitchell, Cch: Dick Gard	7:10.30
1978	ANA - Bow: Wayne Simmons, Str: Geoff Mitchell	8:03.45
1979	Sydney - Bow: Michael Smith, Str: Allan Greenbank, Cch: Patrick Hannan	7:35.20
1980	Drummoyne - Bow: Graeme Gardiner, Str: Clyde Hefer, Cch: Peter Stroud	8:00.47
1981	MUBC - Bow: Charles Bartlett, Str: Simon Gillett, Cch: Robert Stewart	6:44.06
1982	MUBC - Bow: Charles Bartlett, Str: Simon Gillett, Cch: Robert Stewart	7:04.59
1983	Barwon / MUBC - Bow: Brian Digby, Str: Steve Spurling, Cch: Geoff Hunter	7:12.16
1984	MUBC - Bow: Peter Antonie, Str: Charles Bartlett, Cch: David England	7:01.90
1985	ANU - Bow: Nick Hunter, Str: Merrick Howes	6:50.50
1986	ANU - Bow: Nick Hunter, Str: Merrick Howes, Cch: Paul Rowe	7:00.35
1987	Mercantile / MUBC - Bow: Phil Gardiner, Str: Malcolm Robertson, Cch: Martin Owen	7:00.15
1988	Toowong - Bow: David Power, Str: Rod Birt, Cch: Jack Hutchinson	6:23.26
1989	MUBC - Bow: Tim Brew, Str: Simon Pringle, Cch: Martin Owen	8:03.90
1990	Mercantile - Bow: Simon Morrison, Str: Richard Wraith, Cch: Martin Owen	8:05.55
1991	Haberfield - Bow: Steve Dadd, Str: Matthew Weir, Cch: Harald Jahrling, Andrew Randell, & Hanspieter Madritsch	6:54.20
1992	MUBC / Mercantile - Bow: Simon Cook (MUBC), Str: Joe Joyce (MERC), Cch: Martin Owen	6:53.91
1993	Adelaide - Bow: Andrew Stunell, Str: James Seppelt, Cch: Simon Gillett	6:59.38
1994	Barwon / Mercantile - Bow: Phil Gardiner, Str: Derek Mollison	7:08.82
1995	Nagambie / Mercantile - Bow: Stuart Purves, Str: Derek Mollison, Cch: Lyall Mccarthy	6:41.81
1996	Lindisfarne / Geeveston - Bow: Darren Balmforth, Str: Simon Burgess, Cch: John Cumper	6:51.12
1997	MUBC / Barwon - Bow: Stuart Peele, Str: Andrew Lane, Cch: John Cumper	7:18.68
1998	Geeveston - Bow: Darren Balmforth, Str: Simon Burgess, Cch: Sam Le Compte	6:53.65
1999	Geeveston - Bow: Darren Balmforth, Str: Simon Burgess	6:30.85
2000	Wendouree Ballarat - Bow: Anthony Edwards, Str: Robert Richards, Cch: Sam Le Compte
2001	Curtin Uni / Swan River - Bow: Ben Cureton, Str: Glen Loftus, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:42.62
2002	Curtin Uni / Swan River - Bow: Ben Cureton, Str: Glen Loftus, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:39.59
2003	MUBC / Sydney University - Bow: George Jelbart, Str: Tim O'callaghan, Cch: Bob Bleakley, Les Barkla	6:37.79
2004	Swan River - Bow: Tom Nicholls, Str: Ross Brown, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	7:19.77
2005	Huon / Swan River - Bow: Tom Gibson, Str: Ben Cureton, Cch: John Driessen, Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:53.04
2006	Swan River - Bow: Ben Cureton, Str: Todd Skipworth, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	7:50.43
2007	Huon / UQBC - Bow: Michael McBryde [UQBC], Str: Tom Gibson [HUON], Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:52.57
2008	Swan River - Bow: Ben Cureton, Str: Todd Skipworth, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:45.10
2009	North Esk / Tamar - Bow: Blair Tunevitsch [TAMAR], Str: Dion Birtwistle [NESK], Cch: Ron Batt	6:51.84
2010	Lindisfarne / New Norfolk - Bow: Anthony Edwards [NWNFK], Str: Samuel Beltz [LINDF], Cch: Brett Crow	6:36.08
2011	Lindisfarne / New Norfolk - Bow: Anthony Edwards [NWNFK], Str: Samuel Beltz [LINDF], Cch: Brett Crow	6:53.48
2012	UTS / Mercantile - Bow: Tommy Bertrand [MERC], Str: Oliver Zuk [UTS], Cch: David Fraumano, Stephen Luker	6:44.82
2013	Tamar - Bow: Alister Foot, Str: Blair Tunevitsch	6:44.23
2014	Lindisfarne / Tamar - Bow: Alister Foot [TAMAR], Str: Samuel Beltz [LINDF], Cch: Brett Crow	6:44.84
2015	Uni of WA / Fremantle - Bow: Mario LoPresti [FREM], Str: Timothy Widdicombe [UWABC], Cch: Chris Holliday, Nick Collins	6:51.26
2016	Swan River - Bow: Mattias Johansson, Str: Cameron Fowler, Cch: Antonio Maurogiovanni	6:46.54
2017	Uni of WA / Swan River - Bow: Perry Ward [SRRC], Str: Timothy Widdicombe [UWABC], Cch: Stefano Balosso	6:47.31
2018	Toowong - Bow: Jack Price, Str: Hamish Parry, Cch: Keiran Dwyer, Benjamin Southwell	6:58.48
2019	UTS - Bow: Peter Waldersee, Str: James Waldersee, Cch: Alex Field, David Gely, Hally Chapman	6:58.78
2020	Regatta cancelled
2021	Toowong - Bow: David Carter, Str: Christian Place, Coaches: Keiran Dwyer, Leo Karadimitris	7:59.07

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

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Men's Lightweight Pair

National Championships